Shrine of St Peter Martyr in the Portinari Chapel
by GIOVANNI DI BALDUCCIO

The first work on which Giovanni di Balduccio was employed in Lombardy was the Arca of St Peter Martyr in Sant'Eustorgio in Milan. The friars demanded a Pisan monument and it was what Giovanni di Balduccio supplied. The shrine rested on caryatids and carried scenes from the Saint's legend around the sides of the sarcophagus, though, in deference to the changed taste of the Trecento, the number both of the scenes and caryatids was increased as compared with the shrines of the previous century.

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Shrine of St Peter Martyr (front view)
1335-39
Marble
Cappella Portinari, Sant'Eustorgio, Milan


Shrine of St Peter Martyr (rear view)
1335-39
Marble
Cappella Portinari, Sant'Eustorgio, Milan


Shrine of St Peter Martyr (front view)
1335-39
Marble
Cappella Portinari, Sant'Eustorgio, Milan


Shrine of St Peter Martyr (front view)
1335-39
Marble
Cappella Portinari, Sant'Eustorgio, Milan


Shrine of St Peter Martyr (detail of front)
1335-39
Marble
Cappella Portinari, Sant'Eustorgio, Milan


Shrine of St Peter Martyr: Peter's Burial
1335-39
Marble
Cappella Portinari, Sant'Eustorgio, Milan


Shrine of St Peter Martyr: Canonization in 1253
1335-39
Marble
Cappella Portinari, Sant'Eustorgio, Milan


Shrine of St Peter Martyr: A Miracle
1335-39
Marble
Cappella Portinari, Sant'Eustorgio, Milan


Shrine of St Peter Martyr (left side view)
1335-39
Marble
Cappella Portinari, Sant'Eustorgio, Milan


Shrine of St Peter Martyr: Ambush and Killing of Peter
1335-39
Marble
Cappella Portinari, Sant'Eustorgio, Milan


Shrine of St Peter Martyr (right side view)
1335-39
Marble
Cappella Portinari, Sant'Eustorgio, Milan


Shrine of St Peter Martyr: Reburial of the Corpse
1335-39
Marble
Cappella Portinari, Sant'Eustorgio, Milan


Shrine of St Peter Martyr: reliefs on the back of the sarcophagus
1335-39
Marble
Cappella Portinari, Sant'Eustorgio, Milan


Shrine of St Peter Martyr: A Dumb Man Is Healed
1335-39
Marble
Cappella Portinari, Sant'Eustorgio, Milan


Shrine of St Peter Martyr: Miracle of the Cloud
1335-39
Marble
Cappella Portinari, Sant'Eustorgio, Milan


Shrine of St Peter Martyr: An Epileptic Man Is Healed
1335-39
Marble
Cappella Portinari, Sant'Eustorgio, Milan


Shrine of St Peter Martyr (detail of front)
1335-39
Marble
Cappella Portinari, Sant'Eustorgio, Milan


Shrine of St Peter Martyr: Justice
1335-39
Marble
Cappella Portinari, Sant'Eustorgio, Milan


Shrine of St Peter Martyr: Temperance
1335-39
Marble
Cappella Portinari, Sant'Eustorgio, Milan


Shrine of St Peter Martyr: Fortitude
1335-39
Marble
Cappella Portinari, Sant'Eustorgio, Milan


Shrine of St Peter Martyr: Prudence
1335-39
Marble
Cappella Portinari, Sant'Eustorgio, Milan


Shrine of St Peter Martyr: Prudence (detail)
1335-39
Marble
Cappella Portinari, Sant'Eustorgio, Milan


Shrine of St Peter Martyr: Obedience
1335-39
Marble
Cappella Portinari, Sant'Eustorgio, Milan


Shrine of St Peter Martyr: Hope
1335-39
Marble
Cappella Portinari, Sant'Eustorgio, Milan


Shrine of St Peter Martyr: Faith
1335-39
Marble
Cappella Portinari, Sant'Eustorgio, Milan


Shrine of St Peter Martyr: Charity
1335-39
Marble
Cappella Portinari, Sant'Eustorgio, Milan



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